United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

SBI 45 Opening, Mabel Monica Agba

Marrakech, Morocco (November, 7, 2016) -Mabel Monica Agba, delivered the opening of the SBI addressing three specific agenda items, the extension of the Lima Work Programme on Gender, with a call for the establishment of a Gender Action Plan, capacity building, the composition of the Paris Committee on Capacity Building (PCCB) and National Adaptation Plans. Mabel included a call for, “specific measures to address climate migrants and Internally Displaced Persons. For example, in my region, West Africa, loss of livelihoods due to sea erosion or desertification has led to displacements in some cases to increased violent conflicts.”